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Paypal-owned funds agency Venmo has launched a brand new crypto ‘money again’ function that features zero transactions on crypto purchases.
In accordance with an Aug. 10 announcement, Venmo’s “Money Again to Crypto” service went dwell yesterday and permits bank card clients to spend their cashback rewards on digital belongings hosted on the platform.
Say hi there to Money Again to Crypto with the Venmo Credit score Card, rolling out to eligible cardholders over the approaching weeks.
— Venmo (@Venmo) August 10, 2021
Venmo presents its credit score cardholders between 1% and three% money again on choose purchases, and the brand new function additionally contains free transactions on any crypto purchases —whereas conversion charges for swapping between belongings are constructed into every month-to-month transaction assertion
The funds agency at the moment helps Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin and Bitcoin Money and clients can activate the brand new function by choosing the rewards tab of the bank card residence display. Purchases might be achieved manually or arrange routinely. Darrell Esch, senior vp and basic supervisor of Venmo mentioned:
“The Money Again to Crypto function for the Venmo Credit score Card presents clients a brand new strategy to begin exploring the world of crypto, utilizing their money again earned every month to routinely and seamlessly buy one of 4 cryptocurrencies on Venmo.”
Venmo at the moment has round 70 million customers within the U.S. and the platform initially launched crypto buying and selling in late April this 12 months. In accordance with Paypal’s second-quarter incomes’s name on July 28, Venmo’s revenues have grown by 183% year-over-year and there was robust adoption of crypto buying and selling on the platform.
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Paypal has been actively working to develop its crypto providers because it first enabled crypto purchases again in November 2020.
On July 15 Cointelegraph reported that the agency elevated buying limits of crypto to $100,000 per week. Later within the month through the Q2 convention the corporate introduced plans to supply crypto buying and selling to U.Ok. clients, whereas additionally teasing imprecise intentions to enter DeFi.


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Malaysia’s economy ranks in the fourth position in terms of size in Southeast Asia, while globally it is 38th. The reason for the higher ranking in Southeast Asia is that the country has workers who are more productive because of better education, better technology, and having knowledge-based industries. In fact, reports from 2017 show that regarding competitiveness, the Malaysian economy is position 23 in the world. This statistic is in stark contrast to neighboring countries such as Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, and others.
Due to the advancements in the crucial industrial sector, the country has been able to develop a highly diversified and robust market. For example, in 2015, the value of exports stood at $57.258 billion. Recently, in 2017, the World Bank reported that the nation’s income per capita was 10,620 nominal US Dollars.
In total, the industrial sector of Malaysia accounted for more than a third (around 36.8%) of the nation’s GDP in 2014. As of 2012, the sector employed almost 40% of the Malaysian labor force.
This year, industries that are on top of the list are those which have an element of digital technology – after all, digital technology is changing the way we live and do things and so the industries are making the necessary changes to the way they run so that they could exist in the current business environment and also meet our requirements. Some of the major industries in Malaysia are:
Banking and Finance Industry
The banking and finance industry has always been top of the list and now it is even more popular as digital technology plays a huge role in the industry. As a result, there are more demands for skilled people, not only with a banking and finance background but also of those with IT knowledge. Also, the requirement for more control and regulation resulted in growing demand in compliance and audit roles in this industry.
There is an increasing trend in the growth of the manufacturing sector in Malaysia. Last year, the sector contributed 23% to GDP while production grew by 6.1% and sales value by 13.7% respectively. And all these numbers can be translated into one thing – more jobs.
See this article: Here we are mainly going to focus on the various manufacturing company in Malaysia.
Media outlets have, in an effort to digitalize themselves, have changed the way they deliver news and information to the people. They are incorporating IT into their daily routine so that they stay relevant in this business environment. Those having the relevant knowledge will be high in demand and this makes working in the media a very attractive option.
Digital Technology Industry
Nowadays, almost everything runs on IT. Things like mobile internet and cloud technology on the boom. Those with a digital background will find their demand increasing, whether it is for data analysis, cybersecurity, coding and more. You can even get a job in a non-IT sector as every sector is going the digital way.
The relatively large industry is worth well over $32 billion. The erection of non-residential buildings contributed the largest share at 34.6%. This share was closely followed by the civil engineering sub-sector with 30.6%, then by residential building with 29.7%, and special trades with 5.1%.
Looking at the states of Malaysia, the highest value of construction undertakings was recorded in the state of Selangor with a contribution of 24.5%. The state of Johor is second with 16.5%, followed by Kuala Lumpur with 15.8%, then Sarawak with 8.6%, and then Penang with 6.4%. In total, these top five states accounted for just over 70% of the total worth of construction projects in Malaysia.
The major capital expenditure projects have been one of the driving forces behind the expansion of this sector in Malaysia. Other key factors are government efforts and mega-projects between the public and private sectors such as Iskandar Malaysia, KVMRT, and Tun Razak Exchange.
Electrical and Electronics Industry
The Electrical and Electronics (E&E) sector are one of the most important contributors to the manufacturing industry in Malaysia. Within the E&E sector, there is a smaller sector that specializes in the production of electrical components which comprises things like semiconductor gadgets, printed circuits, passive components, and a few other things. The export of these components comprise of a large part of Malaysia’s export. The nation is also a major hub for global firms such as Intel, AMD, ASE, Texas Instruments, and others.
Food Delivery Providers & Food Industry
2019 will play host to the growth of the food delivery industry as the number of people who have started to choose to get the food delivered home have increased. This has made food delivery a profitable business which seems to be booming.
Here are the popular food manufacturing company in Malaysia.
Property & Development Industry
The property industry in Malaysia very competitive. Property companies are on the lookout for those with exceptional skills and talent to help them capture their envisioned audience to help drive sales. The thriving property industry is being represented by Gamuda, IJM, Mah Sing, and UEM to mention a few.
These industries are showing huge potential and are set to one of the top important industries in 2019. If by seeing the above information you think that Malaysia could be your cup of tea and would like to conduct business here, then fear not, we can help you to establish a business entity in Malaysia by providing consulting, incorporation, registration, and legal services. Our experts will take care of the entire Banking, Visa, Legal, and Licensing formalities, without letting you worry about the bureaucratic red tape and legal formalities. So when in any kind of doubt regarding the registering, incorporating legal or any other services we provide, do reach out to us.
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Belinda Carlisle has released a brand new single, “Big Big Love,” which marks the pop icon’s first new English language studio recording since 1997 and the triumphant reunion with the incomparable songwriter Diane Warren.
Produced by Mati Gavriel, the single is released on Warren’s label imprint RAF through BMG and is available now on all streaming platforms and digital services.
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January 12, 2022
Center for American Prosperity
Back to the Future with the Highest Inflation in Four Decades
January 12, 2022
- Inflation for 2021 was 7.0 percent year-over-year, the highest reading since 1982, and the worst deterioration over the prior year since 1950-51.
- The average working American was hit with an $855 inflation tax hike last year, with low-income families and fixed-income seniors suffering the most—violating the Biden Administration’s pledge not to raise taxes on anybody making under $400,000.
- After denying, distracting, and deflecting blame for high inflation, the Biden Administration’s recent policy prescriptions are even more disconnected from reality. Antitrust enforcement would do nothing to improve inflation, and the policies in the Build Back Better Bill—known also as the Big Government Socialism Bill—would add to inflationary pressures by further crimping supply.
Tax Day is still a few months away, but thanks to a 7.0 percent inflation rate in 2021—the worst since 1982—the average American worker has already been hit with an $855 inflation tax over the last 12 months, with low-wage families and seniors on fixed incomes the most vulnerable to this stealth tax increase. By comparison, inflation was just 1.2 percent in 2020 and averaged 1.9 percent from 2017-20, which is right in line with the Federal Reserve’s target for price stability. To add to the concern, this consumer price report comes on the heels of the latest producer price data released in December that showed nearly double-digit producer price inflation—a bad omen for what consumers could face in the coming months if small businesses pass on these higher costs.
In less than a year, the Biden Administration has managed to default on its promise to insulate Americans earning under $400,000 from tax increases while simultaneously setting decades-high inflation records not seen in more than a generation. Viewed in proper historical context, the comparison with 1982 inflation actually understates the severity of the current situation. After all, inflation in 1982 was rapidly falling from its 1980 peak of 13.5 percent as the federal government abandoned the failed policies that led to the late-1970s stagflation. By contrast, the inflation surge of 2021 follows a low 1.2 percent inflation rate in 2020. In fact, this abrupt increase in annual inflation rates marks the worst deterioration since the Korean War years of 1950-51. Figure 1 provides a striking visual aid of this rapid emergence of inflation.
After watching their paychecks shrink by 2.3 percent (see figure 2) in real terms throughout 2021, the big question that hangs over Americans is this: how much longer can this go on? Unfortunately, the Biden Administration’s statements and policy moves leave little reason for optimism. Over the past year, its public comments have gone from outright denial to distraction to deflection. First, the Biden Administration cast Larry Summers—a former Clinton Administration Treasury Secretary and Obama Administration Director of the National Economic Council—out into the cold after he proclaimed that “…this is the least responsible macroeconomic policy we’ve had in the last forty years” while warning of the serious risks of inflation. Then, through spring and summer 2021, when inflation readings began rolling in at troublesomely high levels, the Biden Administration ramped up the public relations distraction effort by reiterating the mantra that inflation was just “transitory” and confined to only certain goods, like used cars. The Bureau of Labor Statistics subsequently put this narrative to bed by pointing out the broad-based nature of price increases in 2021. Lately, in the face of unrelenting inflation, the Biden Administration has begun deflecting blame to the private sector by ascribing inflation to “corporate greed”—as if the desire of businesses to turn a profit only emerged in 2021.
No longer able to deny the bite inflation is taking out of the paychecks of working families and the fixed incomes of America’s seniors, the Biden Administration is charting an even more perilous path by putting forward counterproductive policy prescriptions like antitrust crackdowns. More troubling are the ongoing efforts to double down on the failed economics of 2021 by promising more of the same reckless fiscal policy—on steroids—in the Build Back Better Bill, also known as the Big Government Socialism Bill. One thing is clear: turning the screws even more on supply by hiking taxes, permanently enshrining work disincentives, and burdening small businesses with an array of new mandates would add to, not subtract from, inflationary pressures—provided families can even find the goods on store shelves in the face of exacerbated supply shortages.
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Lalitpur Metropolis Police has provided electric scooters for the quick response team. With 5 electric scooters, the metro police department is gaming for quick service in the city. Chiri Babu Maharjan, the re-elected mayor of the metropolis has stated to buy electric vehicles (EVs) from now onwards for the city. The ongoing price hike in petroleum products has marginally increased the import for EVs.
The city police organized a program on Thursday, 21st July 2022. The police distributed 5 electric scooters to its quick response team (QRT). The scooters can run up to 80KM and takes around 3 hours for a full charge. It will aid the response team and serve the local people of the city. The metropolitan city also has set the concept ‘Patan city does not sleep 24 hours.’ The addition of EVs and CCTV cameras is assisting the concept.
“By 2030, Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) aims to replace all petroleum-powered vehicles; Nepal is a signatory to this agreement. However, Nepal has set a goal for 2040 and made some changes to it. The target year of 2022 is quickly approaching, and as of right now, we have a policy of refusing to buy any petroleum-consuming vehicles. Only electric vehicles would be needed for everything.” Chiri Babu Maharjan spoke in the program.
Also, the mayor of LMC stated that the metropolitan area is currently planning to buy a modern fire engine. Additionally, he stated that teams equipped with scooters will be sent out to patrol parking lots and congested streets, remove illegally placed hoardings and advertisements, and put a stop to any illegal activity.
Importance of EVs in Present Days
Due to ongoing havoc caused by the Russia-Ukraine war, the price of petroleum products sored to the sky. Even though the crude oil price has dropped down recently, the state-owned Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) is reluctant to decrease the price. Netizens are bound to fuel their vehicles paying a hefty amount of price. And inflation doesn’t seem to stop rising. In this scenario, electric vehicles are must needed.
EVs are pollution free. Running on electric batteries, such vehicles don’t need petroleum products. A few hours of charge can keep it running for a day. Also, Nepal Electricity Authority has been supplying electricity without a brake during this rainy season. Mr.Kulman Ghising has been proposing charging stations in various places in Nepal. So, the implementation of EVs should be swiftly commenced at all the local levels.
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The energy is sustainable too as electricity is generated by hydropower in Nepal. With a worse Air Quality Index in major cities, Evs are the better solutions for both feasibility and sustainability. Recently, Sajha Bus also commenced an e-bus service. If EVs start to operate on both public and private levels, the green future is nearby for Nepal despite the hurdles.
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NEW YORK – U.S. chain store sales rose modestly compared to last year, supported by results from discounters, though department stores generally struggled to regain momentum following Hurricane Isabel (search), Instinet Research said in its Redbook report (search) Tuesday.
Sales at major retailers grew 3.2 percent in the week ended Sept. 27 compared with the same week a year ago, after rising 2.6 percent in the preceding week, the report said.
Sales fell 1.3 percent in the September month-to-date compared with August, the report said.
Discount stores led other retailers with sales of everyday items, suggesting the lack of a seasonal trend. Fall apparel and Halloween items are expected to boost sales in the near future.
The Redbook data are compiled from a sample of same-store sales (search) at general merchandise retailers representing about 9,000 stores. Same-store sales measure revenue at stores open at least one year. The index is released weekly by Instinet Research, a division of Instinet, a Reuters-owned electronic brokerage.


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Toyota Avanza to be launched in early 2012
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August 31, 2011, 17:40 IST by Cartradeindia Editorial Team
Toyota Kirloskar Motors (TKM), which has seen tremendous success with all of its cars, be it the Qualis, its successor Innova or the recently launched Etios, is all set to launch the Avanza, the new Multi-Purpose Vehicle (MPV) in the Indian automobile market in early 2012.
Toyota already enjoys a chunk share of the Indian automobile scene with an impressive line-up ranging from the recently launched hatch,Liva to the massive off-roader,Land Cruiser. Avanza would be an impressive addition to this already successful range.
Avanza, which shares quite a few features with the Toyota Innova, has a stylish appearance. The unique Toyota front grill and new bumper design are particularly eye-catchy. Besides exterior alterations, new features will also be introduced in the Avanza. This would include a digital instrument panel, which would enable the driver to get more precise and clear view of information regarding the vehicle’s speed and power.
Toyota Avanza will be powered with a 1.5 litre 4-cylinder 16 valve petrol engine, which generates maximum power output of 109 PS and a high torque of 141 Nm at 4400 rpm. In addition to that, the MPV will be very fuel efficient with an expected mileage of 15.8 kmpl. It is expected to have improved acceleration, better fuel economy, impressive power and torque courtesy Toyota`s Variable Valve Timing with intelligence (VVT-i) technology.
According to the industry experts, Avanza would be a great performer on extended highway drives. The Toyota Innova has already set unprecedented benchmark of highway performance. Avanza would continue the good work and maintain the built-to-last reputation of Toyota cars.
Even though smaller than Innova, the Avanza would be big enough to be a 7-seater. It would compete in the relatively new segment in India, of the compact MPV, and is expected to be in the price range of Rs.6 lacs to Rs.8 lacs .Initially only petrol varians would be launched . Toyota seems to have no plans to introduce a diesel variant of Avanza. However, industry experts suggest that, going by the growing demand for diesel cars in the Indian market, the Avanza diesel would be a runaway success.
Toyota Company might unveil the Avanza MPV to the public at the 11th Auto Expo to be held in New Delhi in January 2012. The Auto Expo would give the Toyota Company the best platform to showcase their all new MPV Avanza. Earlier, the Etios sedan and Etios Liva hatchback were first revealed to the public at the 10th Auto Expo held in January 2010. Both of the cars were received very well by the public and the media and Toyota is expecting same for Avanza.
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Experts have called for an end to secrecy over the regulation of medical devices like hip implants and said safety data should be published online so that patients can make up their own minds.
In the Daily Telegraph investigation last autumn, regulators were secretly recorded boasting that they were “on the side of the manufacturer”.
The investigation involved submitting a formal application for a “metal-on-metal” implant for approval in Slovakia, soon after a major health warning involving 40,000 “metal-on-metal” hips subject to a major health alert last year after tests showed they could wear down and poison the bloodstream.
The official regulatory body there offered provisional approval for the design of the artificial hip, despite the specifications being similar to a product that had been withdrawn in the UK, America, Australia and other developed nations outside Europe.
The research team called for a central website, which would allow any member of the public to view the data about the safety and efficacy of a device, which was considered before it was approved.
“Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) breast implants show that the process cannot guarantee safe and effective patient care,” the authors wrote in the BMJ.
“The certification process is inconsistent, opaque, and operates in the interests of manufacturers. It requires insufficient evidence of efficacy of the devices and no long-term follow-up of patients,” they wrote.
The researchers said that Europe needs “a central, transparent, and evidence-based regulation process for devices”, which can range from bandages to life support machines.
The public should be able to see the data supporting any decision to approve a product, they said.
Last year, John Howlett, head of the British Standards Institute, raised concerns that if a product is denied by one notified body, some manufacturers seek approval from another and pass the test of standard.
The authors of the latest report said the regulation process should be centralised.
They wrote: “Under the proposed legislation manufacturers of devices will still be free to choose to which of the 84 notified bodies they submit their application.
“We believe that approval of high and medium-risk devices ... should be done by a new public body similar to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) or that the EMA is given an extended mandate to carry out these assessments.”


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Teligent Inc. (Nasdaq: TGNT) topped analysts' estimates in its third quarter Tuesday, losing $143.6 million, or $2.66 a share, on sales of $10.3 million.
First Call consensus expected the telecommunications company to lose $2.69 a share in the quarter.
In the year-ago period, it lost $78.5 million, or $1.49 a share, on sales of $240,000.
Its shares closed up 3/4 to 61 5/8 ahead of the earnings report.
In the quarter, Teligent completed the installation of 76,000 customer lines, beating its year-end target of 75,000 lines by more than three months.
Teligent ended the third quarter with more than 7,500 customers, up more than 110 percent from the customer base at the end of the second quarter.
"The past few months have been very exciting for Teligent," said CEO Alex Mandl in a prepared release.
Teligent shares moved up to a 52-week high of 75 5/8 in July after falling to a low of 27 1/8 in December.
First Call consensus expects Teligent to lose $9.98 a share in the fiscal year.
Ten of the 11 analysts tracking the stock maintain either a "buy" or "strong buy" recommendation.
Among other technology companies reporting earnings Tuesday:
First Call consensus expected it to lose 17 cents a share in the quarter.
The $5.8 million in sales marks a 30 percent gain compared to the year-ago period when it lost $5.3 million, or $2.82 a share, on sales of $4.5 million.
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Solid State, a digital media delivery company has developed an advanced streaming technology based on the BitTorrent protocol. The company presented their peer-assisted streaming technology at the DEMOfall 2006 conference in San Diego.
Technologies like this could save popular streaming websites like YouTube or Google Video a lot of money. It is estimated that YouTube uses 45 terabytes of storage, requiring several million dollars worth of bandwidth a month to stream the content. Peer to peer streaming would significantly decrease the costs for YouTube, because most of the bandwidth would come from peers instead of YouTube’s own servers.
Solid State announced:
Solid State Networks is a developer of high-performance, content-delivery solutions, and the first commercial-class software suite based on the massively scalable BitTorrent protocol. Our flagship product, the Solid State Distributed Delivery Network, is a hybrid content-delivery solution that combines the economic and performance advantages of peer-assisted technology with the reliability of a traditional CDN. It now includes support for on-demand streaming of content.
Although Solid State can implement some of the features of BitTorrent, they have to make some concessions. A key feature of the BitTorrent protocol is that the pieces of the file are not delivered in a “chronological” order, to make it possible to give a high priority to rare pieces. This doesn’t seem to suit streaming.
In August we reported that the “social” BitTorrent client Tribler has plans to integrate YouTube videos in their client. Johan Pouwelse of the Tribler project told TorrentFreak that they are planning to index every one of the +6 million videos posted on YouTube.
A prototype of the YouTube indexing function from Tribler will be ready by the end of this year, and includes an Amazon like recommendation system, and video tagging features.


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MGM and Annapurna create joint venture to distribute their own movies
Storied studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer is teaming up with upstart Annapurna Pictures to get back into the business of distributing its own movies.
MGM, run by Gary Barber, and Annapurna, founded by Megan Ellison, have formed a joint venture to release about 15 movies a year, the companies said Tuesday.
Financial terms were not disclosed.
The deal, which has been in the works for about a year, is meant to give the companies more control over the marketing and distribution of their films, while sharing the costs of doing so. The move comes at a time when new distributors are struggling to compete with streaming video and blockbuster studio franchises.
Both studios are trying to assert more control over their fates while limiting the financial risks of a challenging film market. Annapurna, based in West Hollywood, launched a distribution arm earlier this year with the prestige movie “Detroit,” a film that sputtered at the box office despite strong reviews.
The pact represents a major step for MGM, which emerged from bankruptcy protection seven years ago after years of financial struggles. MGM’s movies have since been released by major Hollywood studios such as Warner Bros. and Paramount. The new deal lets the Beverly Hills-based studio keep more of the revenue from movies released in theaters, home video and streaming.
“The time has come for MGM to regain control of its own destiny and return to U.S. theatrical distribution,” said Barber, MGM’s chief executive. “This efficient distribution model enables us to retain more distribution rights to our feature film releases and create additional revenue opportunities for MGM.”
The new venture will have a staff of nearly 50 people.
MGM’s first movie released under the agreement will be “Death Wish,” a remake of the 1974 revenge thriller, in March, followed by the musical “Valley Girl” in June.
The studios will release about a dozen of their own movies collectively each year, plus three to four films produced by other companies.
Some of MGM’s movies still will be released by other studios because of existing agreements. Those include the “Tomb Raider” reboot Warner Bros. is distributing next year and the animated “Sherlock Gnomes” for Paramount.
Distribution plans for MGM’s lucrative James Bond franchise remain unknown. The company has been courted by the major Hollywood studios for the rights to release the 007 movies. Sony has handled distribution for recent films in the series.
MGM, which has been boosted by a thriving television business, took a step into the film distribution space earlier this year when it announced the revival of the Orion Pictures banner.
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Bill Nye may want to set foot on Mars, but live there? No way.
“Earth is my favorite planet,” the scientist and TV personality told The Post on Tuesday at New York Fashion Week: Men’s. “People have this romantic vision about going to Mars. It’s based on our colonizing of North America. People think, ‘How hard could it be?’ Pretty hard, to tell you the truth!”
Nevertheless, Nye agreed to narrate his friend Nick Graham’s Mars-inspired runway presentation, which featured constellation-patterned scarves, space-age metallic suits and even a real astronaut, Buzz Aldrin, who closed the show in a silver bomber jacket and a T-shirt reading “Get Your Ass to Mars.”
“We’re getting people at Fashion Week to talk about Mars, which is incredible,” said Nye. “The idea that we could be alive to discover life on Mars — a discovery that could change the course of history — it would be like Copernicus showing the Earth goes around the sun.”
Nye did have some critiques on Graham’s collection, however.
“These clothes are great, but they are really not suited for Martian exploration,” said the “science guy,” sporting a spacesuit-patterned suit jacket, as well as a bow tie he designed with Graham. “That’s what I tell everybody who wants to live on Mars — you’re never outside. Either you’re in your spaceship-dome thing, or you’re in a spacesuit, which is just another, much smaller, spaceship.”
As for his own fashion tastes, Nye keeps it relatively simple.
“I’m interested in bow ties. But with fashion in general, I just tell everybody, ‘I want you all to be happy. Go knock yourselves out!’ But I do like a plain white shirt.”


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Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has brought back the iPhone SE—its line of budget smartphones, which first debuted in 2016. The 2016 iPhone SE was a hit because many Apple customers liked its affordable price and small size. The company hopes that the 2020 model will also be a success despite launching it in a market devastated by the coronavirus pandemic.
Businesses have shut down and millions of people have lost their jobs amid COVID-19. The US, Apple’s largest market, has been hit hard by the pandemic. This month, a study from the Financial Times showed that the pandemic has reduced about three-quarters of American households’ incomes. Right now, a lot of consumers will likely turn to low-cost products in order to save money. Apple’s iPhone SE wants to take advantage of the shift to low-cost purchases amid the pandemic. So far, the strategy seems to be working.
iPhone SE orders beat the expectations
The 2020 iPhone SE comes in three different colors—black, white, and red. The phone has a powerful processor and generally features attractive specs for $399. In fact, Apple wanted to make the device more accessible. For example, customers can purchase the device with an installment for less than $10 per month. Customers can also trade in their old phones to lower the price to about $230. The installment payment and the trade-in help Apple accommodate a broader base of customers, which could boost the new iPhone SE’s sales.
To make purchasing the iPhone SE even more enticing, Apple offers one year of its Apple TV+ video service for free to customers that buy the phone. Apple TV+ normally costs $4.99 per month.
So far, Apple’s strategy seems to be resonating with customers. iPhone SE sales have beat the expectations—a sign of strong customer interest in the budget iPhone. There has been strong demand for the device in China and Taiwan—an important market region for Apple. About 15% of the company’s revenue came from Greater China in the December 2019 quarter. The new iPhone SE starts shipping this Friday.
Making inroads in developing markets
Apple is known for its premium smartphones. As a result, Apple had limited reach in developing markets where consumers’ incomes are low. The new iPhone SE should boost Apple’s handset sales in the virus-hit market and help the company make inroads in developing markets. For example, smartphone brands like Xiaomi, Oppo, and Vivo were successful in developing markets like India with budget handsets.


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Dallas, Texas-based Mooala, maker of organic, dairy-free beverages and creamers, has completed a $8.3 million Series A equity financing. Sweat Equities, an investment firm specializing in the food, beverage and consumer goods sector, led the financing round with participation from several investment firms and family offices, including Series Seed lead investor M3 Ventures. The investment brings Mooala’s total funding since launch to more than $13 million and will support the company’s emergence into new markets, help accelerate product development and bolster the internal team.
“We were attracted to Mooala given its success rapidly disrupting the mainstream marketplace with best-in-class, organic, plant-based dairy alternatives,” said Charlie Sweat, managing partner of Sweat Equities LLC. “We look forward to leveraging our operating experience as Mooala enters its next phase of growth.”
The Series A funding builds on a year in which Mooala expects to double net sales versus 2018. Mooala is now sold in more than 2,500 stores nationwide, including Whole Foods, Safeway, Kroger, Wegmans, ShopRite Giant and Costco, and will increase its footprint to 3,500 stores in January 2020. Mooala also launched the industry’s first organic almond and coconut-based creamers earlier this year. To date, the company has been funded by M3 Ventures, as well as friends and family.
“We are thrilled to expand our relationship with Sweat Equities,” said Jeff Richards, CEO and founder of Mooala. “Charlie has been involved in the healthy food and beverage space for more than 20 years and his firm brings tremendous operational and strategic expertise to our plant-based platform.”
Mooala says it offers families with dietary restrictions, allergies or those striving to make simple, better-for-you lifestyle swaps the ability to enjoy a variety of plant-based options. The company is best known for its Original Bananamilk variety, the industry’s first organic, nut-free, dairy-free and soy-free Bananamilk.


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CLEAR LAKE — Steve M. Ralston received an outing with Paul’s Fishing Guide service in Clear Lake from his wife for Christmas. He’d intended to go ice fishing, “but it didn’t work out.”
Instead Steve M. and his son, Steve C., opted for an open-water excursion.
Guide Kevan Paul took them to the little lake on Sunday, where they fished leeches with jigs and slip bobbers at depths of 8 to 9 feet.
“It was almost constant fish, fish, fish,” Steve M. said. “We didn’t expect it to be like this. If it had been half as good we’d have been happy.”
And that was before “Harley.”
The Clear Lake Fishing Club and Iowa Department of Natural Resources tag and release walleyes sponsored by local businesses, including a $1,000 fish by Harley Davidson of Mason City.
Harley 2013, a four-pounder, was tagged and released after the Clear Lake Walleye Classic.
When Steve C. hooked what was obviously a good-sized fish, Paul stood ready with the net. When the whopper made a run as it neared the boat, Paul noted the yellow tag near its dorsal fin.
“As soon as it made that swirl, I was thinking ‘that’s the right size,’ ” Paul said.
After boating the fish Paul took it to the Crazy Minnow Bait Co., where owner Dan Krauth confirmed the winning number.
Steve Minert, co-owner of Harley Davidson, soon arrived to present his first $1,000 check in the three years the company has served as sponsor.
“It’s more fun when somebody catches it, that’s for sure,” Minert said.
The catch continues a successful run for Paul, who also won the Walleye Classic and will be featured on an upcoming episode of “Fishing the Midwest” with Bob Jensen.
“It really couldn’t have happened at a better time,” said Paul, who will take his guiding business full-time later this month.
Steve C. had immediate plans for the money. “Buy a dirt bike!”
“Better think on it,” Steve M. advised. “No rash decisions.”
The pair will likely spend some of the windfall at Clear Lake. “I think we’ll be making more trips up here,” Steve M. said.


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The Israel Chamber of Commerce launches its Shanghai Branch on 30th Nov to strengthen bilateral business ties. Amikam Levy (left), Consul General of Israel in Shanghai, cuts ribbons to celebrate the launch of the IsCham Shanghai Branch.
Israel Chamber of Commerce in China (IsCham) opened a new Shanghai Branch on 30th Nov as business and cultural exchanges between China and Israel are ever-increasing.
"China and Israel, the most ancient civilizations in the world, two nations with the same vision; two nations with the same values; two nations with the same abilities to bring to the world innovation and new technologies in all aspects," Amikam Levy(left), Consul General of Israel in Shanghai, said in a speech at the launch event in Shanghai.
There are many economic success stories between China and Israel, with economic activities between China and Israel considered a priority for the Israeli government, he noted. "The future belongs to countries like China and Israel. China is, in economy, a superpower in the world, while Israel is a start-up station. This is a win-win situation," he said.
IsCham is a nonprofit organization established to represent and assist the Israeli business community in developing commercial relations between China, Israel and the Jewish world. IsCham strives to promote Israeli businesses in China and to serve Israeli companies and individuals in China.
Increasing the relationship
IsCham was launched in August 2008, during the Beijing Olympics, by former Israeli president Shimon Peres. IsCham Chairman Yuval Ben-Sadeh (right) said that the Israel Chamber of Commerce in China is among the biggest commercial business community in China, with many activities among Chinese and Israeli companies.
"Our goal is to make the chamber a home for all the people who want to know Israel, to all Israeli who want to know China, to all the people who want to cooperate about culture, business, tourism and to meet friends," he said.
Sinai Nissenboim is manager of the new Shanghai Branch (second from right ), who hosted the launch event in both Chinese and English.
Meirav Shacked, IsCham General Manager (second from left), explained at the event why the chamber opened a chapter in Shanghai. "The first time I arrived in Shanghai three years ago, there was already a high demand to open a new branch of IsCham. Many people in the Israeli community asked me personally to execute and start our activity in Shanghai."
We are here today to increase the relationship between the two countries; the interest of China in Israel is increasing over the years, she said. "We believe that opening a chamber of commerce in Shanghai is an important step to supporting this interest."


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A WalMart worker was stomped to death yesterday in the opening of a Valley Stream store on Black Friday.
Jdimytai Damour of Jamaica, Queens,
was pushed to the ground by the 2,000-plus crowd just before 5 a.m. as
management was preparing to open the store, which is located across
from the main Green Acres Mall building. Hundreds stepped over, around
and on the 34-year-old worker as they rushed into the store.
“This crowd was out of control,” said Nassau Police Det. Lt. Michael Fleming, whose squad is investigating.
“Nobody was trying to help him,” said shopper Nakea Augustine,
who was in the line. “They were rushing in the store, rushing, rushing,
With the USA economy in ruins — to what are people rushing to
purchase? An undying yearning for an HDTV? A new must-have toy for
their child that every other parent has already purchased? Is the
price of the advertising-inspired meme worth the cost of the death?


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A report from Cato Institute finds that the chance of a U.S. resident dying in a terrorist attack on U.S. soil committed by a foreigner was just 1 in 3.6 million per year from 1975 to 2015. Among refugees, the risks are even smaller, just 1 in 3.6 billion—1,000-fold less than the risk from foreigners generally. For those who entered illegally, the chance was just 1 in 10.9 billion. For comparison, the likelihood of being murdered by a non-terrorist over this period was 1 in 14,275.
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Magnolia Bakery, the cupcake icon with three locations in New York City, is going Hollywood with plans to open a new location in Los Angeles this fall. Details were not disclosed, but it is the first expansion for the bakery outside of New York. Magnolia was founded in 1996 by Jennifer Appel and Allysa Torey, who sold the business in 2006 to Steve and Tyra Abrams. A scene in the television series, Sex and The City, depicting the main characters eating cupcakes from Magnolia is often credited as the source for the cupcake craze that has recently swept the nation.
Maury Rubin, owner of City Bakery and Birdbath Neighborhood Green Bakery in New York City, also plans to open a Birdbath bakery in West Hollywood this fall. Birdbath is an eco-focused bakery featuring organic and locally sourced products.


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A royal scam! Princess Mary 'furious' after social media ads claim she used 'dangerous' diet pills to lose weight
- Crown Princess Mary has been embroiled in an online scam
- Her face and name have been falsely used to sell diet pills online
- The fake ad sees the Princess endorsing Garcinia Cambogia products
- Khloe Kardashian and Dr Oz have also been targeted by the scammers
It's not uncommon for scammers to use celebrity faces and false endorsements to sell their products on social media.
And it seems not even royals are immune to it, with Princess Mary of Denmark said to be the latest embroiled in a scam.
A number of publications have reported that the Danish royal's name has been falsely linked to a number of 'dangerous' diet pills labelled 'Pure Cambogia Ultra' and 'Pure Life Cleanse.'
Targeted: Princess Mary's name has reportedly been falsely linked to a number of 'dangerous' diet pills labelled 'Pure Cambogia Ultra' and 'Pure Life Cleanse'
False: According to Woman's Day, the ad about Princess Mary claimed that the she turned to the weight loss product to help her lose weight after giving birth to her twins, now five
Many scammers have been selling weight loss products they claim contain Garcinia Cambogia, a 'metabolism boosting' citrus fruit that grows in Southeast Asia, for years.
To do so, celebrity names like Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears and Khloe Kardashian have been used to endorse the pills without permission.
According to Woman's Day, the ad about Princess Mary claimed that she turned to the weight loss product to help her lose weight after giving birth to her twins, now five.
Not the only one: Scammers have been selling weight loss products they claim contain Garcinia Cambogia for years (pictured using Khloe Kardashian and a stolen Women's Health logo to sell the products)
Bizarre: 'When she was at her heaviest she weighed 86kg and after exercising without success, she got depressed and her life fell apart,' the ad reportedly read
'My body fat simply melted away like butter': They also falsely quoted the royal as saying she endorsed the product
'When she was at her heaviest she weighed 86kg and after exercising without success, she got depressed and her life fell apart,' the ad reportedly read.
They also falsely quoted the royal as saying she endorsed the product.
'I did not even have to change my diet or exercise, my body fat simply melted away like butter!'
Woman's Day writes that the royal court of Denmark has demanded these false ads be recalled and confirmed that they were not true.
WHAT IS GARCINIA CAMBOGIA?
Garcinia cambogia, a tropical fruit also known as the Malabar tamarind, is a popular weight-loss supplement.
People say it blocks your body's ability to make fat and it puts the brakes on your appetite. It could help keep blood sugar and cholesterol levels in check, too.
In 2009, the Food and Drug Administration warned everyone to stop using a weight-loss product that contained garcinia cambogia because some people taking it got serious problems.
The product had other ingredients, too, so it's not clear that garcinia cambogia was to blame. While some research suggests the supplement is safe for your liver, other research says no.
No truth to it: Woman's Day writes that the royal court of Denmark has demanded these false ads be recalled and confirmed that they were not true
Scandal: The Princess' scam also made the cover of Danish magazine Her & Nu
According to New Idea, 'insiders' say Princess Mary is 'furious' and 'horrified that girls and women think she is endorsing controversial diet products' as she is a patron of the World Health Organisation and a strong advocate for a healthy, active lifestyle.
Another issue is that those purchasing the pills as a result of the endorsement often have no clue what they are buying or who they are truly buying them from.
The story also made the cover of Danish magazine Her & Nu.
Princess Mary is just one of many celebrities who have found themselves being used to promote the product, with celebrity doctor, Dr Oz, also a target.
One of many: Princess Mary is just one of many celebrities who have found themselves being used to promote the product, with celebrity doctor, Dr Oz, also a target
In 2013, Dr Oz promoted the Garcinia Cambogia products on a show in which it was called a 'revolutionary fat buster' and a weight loss 'breakthrough.'
As a result, his words have been used to sell countless 'dodgy' products and he was mentioned in the ad featuring Princess Mary where it was falsely claimed that he 'introduced' her to the product.
In February, Dr Oz was sued for promoting Garcinia Cambogia, which 'all credible scientific evidence' proves doesn't work, despite not naming any brands.
A representative for The Dr Oz Show has since said the lawsuit is an attack on free speech.
'As we have always explained to our viewers, The Dr Oz Show does not sell these products nor does he have any financial ties to these companies,' they told TMZ.
Dangerous? A number of celebrity photos have been stolen to sell the supplements
Khloe Kardashian is also being used to sell the controversial product in an ad almost identical to the one Princess Mary was named in.
'Khloe Kardashian, who wore a size 18 then, watched the pounds melt away. At her heaviest she weighed 237 pounds, after trying everything possible without any success, she fell into depression and her life almost fell apart,' it reads.
'She didn't want surgery and didn't know what to do next, until she saw Doctor Oz talk about Garcinia Pure Select and Vital Cleanse Complete.
Not proven: Garcinia Cambogia is a 'metabolism boosting' citrus fruit that grows in Southeast Asia
'Khloe decided to give it a try, considering she had nothing to lose. That day changed her life forever. Now others are following her lead.'
Women's Health Magazine has also been targeted by the scammers, who often use their logo to sell the products.
'Women's Health does not endorse African Mango Diet Pills, Garcinia Cambogia Extract, Wholemega Diet Pills, or Green Coffee Bean Extract, or Raspberry Ketone Diet,' they said in a statement.
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Prices of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips, a key part in personal computers, continued trending downward to a nearly two-year low, indicating still fragile demand for personal computers, industry data showed Tuesday.
The contract price of 1-gigabit DDR3 DRAM tumbled to the 22-month low of $0.88 this week, down 3.3 percent from earlier this month, according to Taiwan-based DRAMeXchange Technology Inc., which tracks prices of computer memory chips.
DRAM devices temporarily hold data and help computer processors run multiple programs at the same time. The 1-gigabit DDR3 DRAM is among the flagship products of Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest memory chipmaker and the No. 2 supplier of semiconductors after Intel Corp, and is also one of the memory chips in the highest demand.
The lower memory chip price is attributed to weak demand for personal computers and aggressive output increase among memory chipmakers earlier last year when the sector was optimistic about the global PC demand, according to analysts. Second-tier chipmakers in Taiwan and Japan may be forced to cut their production as lower chip prices hurt their bottom lines, they said.
Prices of liquid crystal display (LCD) panels, widely used in televisions, computer monitors and mobile devices, also logged a decline for 10 straight months since April, according to market researcher DisplaySearch, suggesting that the global demand for TVs is showing little sign of recovery. (Yonhap)


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Published on Thursday, July 29, 2010
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) -- Cuba's lawmakers on Wednesday mulled legalizing
more small private businesses, perhaps expanding a limited program to
include farm and food industries in the economically struggling
communist nation, state media said.
Committees in the National Assembly were reviewing potential measures
ahead of a keenly awaited address on Sunday by President Raul Castro.
The Cuban president, 79, is expected to outline social and economic
policies, possibly including some significant changes.
In a country in which 95 percent of the economy is state-run,
inefficiency is rampant and wages are woefully low, Cubans' hopes are
running high that some change is coming to allow some economic opening
in the Americas' only one-party communist regime.
Castro three months ago gave a green light for a test-run privatization
of barber and beauty shops.
Under the limited program, the state rents now out shops to workers who
used to live mainly on tips and work at home on off hours. Now stylists
are able to set their own prices, and are working at improving service.
Stylists pay for a license, their rent, social security plus electric
and water bills.
Now, committees are looking at whether privatization can be expanded in
food businesses, long plagued by insufficient supply, high prices, and
major problems in the distribution chain from rampant theft to spoilage.
Castro took the reins from his ailing brother Fidel Castro four years
ago, saying he wanted to boost production. But the Cuban government has
not made bold policy shifts able to achieve the gains it wants.
So far the government has handed fallow land to Cubans willing to farm
it; and has ended the equal scale for salaries for all workers across
But workers still make an average of around 20 dollars a month.
And the government has left Cubans aghast at their potential fates,
making it known that it may dismiss one million workers -- 20 percent of
the work force. The economy does not currently have the ability to
absorb such vast numbers of jobless.


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Jason Fountaine, managing director of Gyro-Stabilized Systems in Nevada City, offers his insight into how new technologies are changing digital cinema. For more from Fountaine, read “Reality Check,” in our March issue. Sign up for our newsletter and we’ll email you when it’s available online.
What’s the biggest change in your industry in the past year?
Trends and technologies are always evolving in the high tech industry of designing and manufacturing gyro-stabilized camera systems for the digital cinema production, and live broadcast television/electronic news gathering (ENG) market segments. The last five years at Gyro-Stabilized Systems were led by the production industry due to the acceptance of 4K/Ultra HD as the new resolution standard for filmmaking. In the past year, we have seen a market shift and growing trend toward the professional broadcast/ENG market due to newly adapted technologies that add value to the television viewers experience. Extreme low-light professional broadcast cameras and geo-referenced augmented reality systems have both been pivotal to the evolving ENG market.
What do you foresee as the biggest change on the horizon in the year to come?
I think we are experiencing the biggest changes now with the evolution of the professional broadcast/ENG market. Some additional new exciting aspects that I also think will happen in the next year for live broadcast events that can afford to invest in the latest technology include: new professional 4K/Ultra HD broadcast cameras from various companies; new 4K/Ultra HD RF wireless transmission systems with less latency; bi-directional wireless control systems; and smaller/lighter/cheaper professional aerial broadcast solutions for use on light aircraft which minimizes total cost-per-flight-hour and helps open up new markets to our gyro-stabilized products.
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New store has shoppers solve puzzles to escape Eastridge
Mall News | Feb 29, 2016
Original Article by Wade Tyler Millward firstname.lastname@example.org
Something isn’t right with one of the desks inside the newest tenant at Gastonia’s Eastridge Mall.
The hanging pictures seem suspicious. Even the walls might hide a clue.
This is the type of paranoia Rita Edwards hopes will bring visitors to her unusual, new shop at the mall.
Recently retired after about 30 years in nuclear security with Duke Energy, Edwards turned her attention to Gastonia’s first escape room at Xtreme Xcapes.
The escape room, a form of entertainment growing across the country after finding a following in Asia and Europe, should pull in customers from businesses and other groups looking for new team-building exercises, she said.
Costing $25 per person with up to 10 people on a team, customers will have an hour to solve puzzles and find codes to locks, all in an effort to escape the themed room they’re inside.
“It’s an awesome place to just have fun,” Edwards said.
A police and sheriff’s officer for a total of eight years who’s visited almost every state in the union on a motorcycle (Hawaii’s off the list because flying makes her nervous), Edwards considers herself an adrenaline junkie who likes to separate herself from the crowd.
She’d talked before about taking on the ultimate puzzle of running a successful business, at first wanting to open a restaurant.
But after she tried her first escape room in October, the 63-year-old said she found her calling. It provided more action and stimulation than the company retreats she remembered.
It took her about two months and a $20,000 investment to get her space ready to open Tuesday.
“It’s been challenging,” she said. “But a fun challenge.”
She’s signed a one-year lease for her nearly 2,700-square-foot space, Eastridge leasing manager Steve Stout said.
Edwards offers one escape room for now, but she adds to the mall’s goal of finding attractions to entice new shoppers and to give loyal ones another chance to come shop, such as when they visit the Department of Motor Vehicles office on site.
“We’re excited to have her,” Stout said.
The fan-run online Escape Room Directory counts 1,103 total rooms (not businesses) in the United States, 32 percent of the escape rooms worldwide.
About 20 businesses, with about 40 total escape rooms, exist in North Carolina, according to the website.
István Rusvai, who owns the Hungarian escape room puzzle-maker MazeBase, said he has about 13 clients in the United States, from a mall in Los Angeles to an old factory in Kansas.
American games are a hybrid between European ones (small rooms for a small group of friends) and Asian ones that feature large rooms with large groups of strangers.
Edwards has space for an additional escape room, but her first is spy themed. It’s appropriate, Rusvai said, because it reflects the goals for the first rooms in Hungary.
“One (of) the main points is to make the players feel like they are real action stars,” he said.


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WESLEY Street traders warn shoppers will soon be faced by a “dead street”, after a spate of businesses shutting.
They are now calling for action from Sefton Council, saying their livelihoods have suffered since the historic thoroughfare was closed to traffic last year.
Their plea has been echoed by a town centre councillor, David Pearson, who told last week’s meeting of Southport Area Committee that Wesley Street “is going down and down”.
Wesley Street Traders, an umbrella group whose leaders say all the retailers belong to, wants funding to be secured to complete a revamping of the street.
Members say they are disappointed this scheme – centred on full pedestrianisation – is only scheduled to take place some time in the next decade.
But a number of retailers on Wesley Street told the Visiter they want to see it re-opened to shoppers’ cars – a position rejected by the Traders group chairman, Geoff Ellis.
He believes the answer is to push for the agreed transformation project – which would see a resurfaced, tree-lined street, complete with benches and new lighting.
Traders also stress the importance of getting new occupants in place at Tulketh Street’s former Waitrose site – the closure of which came at a similar time to ending the traffic flow.
“We are looking at a dead street here, the loss of every shop has a knock-on effect on others.”
Biggie Best Interiors (which has moved to Eastbank Street), Chesters Foods (a sign on its door says it is closed ‘indefinitely’), Virus Menswear and Barking Mad Designer Petwear (which will switch to internet sales) are all shops that have discontinued trading on Wesley Street in the last six months, said Rita Seddon, secretary of the Traders’ group.
Both Mrs Seddon and Mr Ellis complained of the fact that the narrow, one-way Wesley Street has been left largely pedestrianised, but without the agreed wider programme of improvements in place.
“People just see it as closed road,” said Mrs Seddon, who has co-owned Saratoga Antiques for 30 years.
“Half a job has been no use,” continued Mr Ellis.
Both the chairman and secretary were adamant that Wesley Street should not be re-opened to traffic – saying this would be undesirable and would endanger the future transformation plans.
Stressing the unique character of the street, which is free from chain stores, Mrs Seddon said: “We want it to be a nice, friendly place to shop – and cars aren’t friendly.”
A spokesman for Sefton Council said: "From what we are hearing, there are differing views even among Wesley Street traders about what is needed.
"We are always looking to secure funding for improvement schemes in Southport and there have been many, many examples in recent years.
"Improvements to Wesley Street are now identified as another such scheme to be delivered if and when funding becomes available.
"In the meantime, we hope Visiter readers will continue to shop in this pleasant road which sits right on the cusp of the thriving Chapel Street area."


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Coronavirus layoffs could cost startup employees their equity
Silicon Valley may end up with large numbers of abandoned employee equity, as startups cut jobs amid the coronavirus-caused economic uncertainty.
Why it matters: Startup employees typically have just 90 days from the end of employment to either exercise their stock options, for which they must pay cash, or to let them go.
Driving the news: A number of companies, such as SoftBank-backed Compass, travel lodging company Sonder, and business travel company TripActions, announced layoffs in recent days.
"Paying up front out of pocket, it’s a significant amount that people just don’t have in cash," says EquityBee CEO Oren Barzilai, whose company helps finance employee stock option purchases.
- EquityBee and Secfi, which also offers financing for employee stock options, both report a recent uptick in startup employees signing up for their services.
Between the lines: What makes these decisions tricky for newly laid-off employees is the combination of the common 90-day exercise window and the volatile economic outlook.
- Some companies have extended these windows (e.g., Compass employees will have 12 months), but 90 days remains the industry standard.
- According to Carta, only about 11% of startup employees have exercise windows longer than 90 days, up from about 3% in 2010. And while employees exercise more options when they can do it early, only about 15% of options can be excercised early.
The bottom line: Some workers not only are losing their jobs, but they're likely to lose part of what they earned over the past several years.


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Cuts come fast and deep – but dont panic
From Apr 1, most milk producers will be paid 10% less for their milk. FWs livestock team examines how to counter the lower price
MILK price has dropped faster and further than expected and many tough decisions on cutting production costs must be made.
But ADAS dairy consultant manager Mark Roach cautions against panic decisions. "Changes must be evaluated carefully," he says. A 2.5p/litre price drop, which Milk Marque members will suffer from April, cuts income by £15,000 a year on a 600,000-litre business, says Mr Roach. And the milk price is unlikely to recover to previous levels, he warns.
"The challenge is to see how much can be taken out of costs. Go through the business and see if it is as competitive as it can be, and find the weak areas to work on. Look at strengths, weaknesses and any opportunities.
"There is scope on nearly all farms to take 1p/litre out of costs, and over 2p/litre on some. But reducing costs may involve restructuring the business." Take a look at feed costs, and those for vet and medicine, semen, labour and machinery. And assess if you can make better use of forage and feed or can buy cheaper feeds, he says.
Cereal prices are also falling, so feed prices may drop and Mr Roach also predicts that quota leasing prices should fall by 2p/litre.
For the smaller producer, hardest hit by the price cuts, the best option may be to get out of milk production while quota and land values are good, he says.
ADASs Mark Roach:"There is scope on nearly all farms to take 1p/litre out of costs."
• Improve milk from grass and forage.
• Ensure milk in top hygiene bands.
• May be scope to buy cheaper feeds.


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BlackBerry, whose market share in India tumbled down to a mere 0.5 percent from the 5 percent in September 2012, now plans on launching free voice calls on BBM to get a grasp of its customers.
According to Krishnadeep Baruah, the senior director of channel marketing in Asia Pacific for Blackberry, BlackBerry will release an update to its popular BlackBerry Messenger for Android and iOS that would introduce free voice calls for the users. The update would allow the users to surf, share content, geographical location and create BBM Channels.
The update is expected to happen in February and would be available to the 100 million users of the instant messenger on BlackBerry OS, Android and iOS. Similarly, the video call facility on BBM is expected in near future. Also expected is the BBM app for Windows Phone platform, which is currently the only platform that doesn’t support BBM.


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Apple Tops J.D. Power Customer Satisfaction Ratings Again
Posted by Rounak Jain on Mar 21, 2013 in
Apple News, iPhone News
Apple has, for the ninth consecutive time, topped J.D. Power’s smartphone customer satisfaction survey, with the iPhone scoring 855 points on a scale of 1000. The survey was conducted between July and December 2012, taking into account the opinions of nearly 10,000 smartphone users and 7,000 feature phone users.
Satisfaction is measured in several key factors. In order of importance, the key factors of overall satisfaction with traditional mobile phones are performance (29%); ease of operation (26%); physical design (24%); and features (21%). For smartphones, the key factors are performance (33%); physical design (23%); features (22%); and ease of operation (22%).
For the ninth consecutive study, Apple ranks highest among manufacturers of smartphones in customer satisfaction. Apple achieves a score of 855 and performs particularly well in physical design and ease of operation.
The average score of the study was 796 points, with every other smartphone manufacturer scoring below average. Nokia came second, scoring 795 points, followed by Samsung and other Android manufacturers like Motorola, HTC and LG. BlackBerry comes in last, with a score of 732 points.
last year, Apple scored 849 points, and the runner up, Nokia, came last.
J.D. Power ratings was one of the top points
touted by Apple in its “Why iPhone” promotional campaign, which launched just a day after the launch of Samsung’s Galaxy S4.


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Kerry Group receives upgrade from UBS
Kerry Group’s sales exposure to high-growth areas should boost its performance, financial services company UBS has said after upgrading its view on the food stock.
UBS upgraded Kerry from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating, saying that it sees a 12 per cent upside to the Tralee group’s share price.
The analysts singled out Kerry’s taste and nutrition unit as being “well placed” to deliver volume growth. Additionally, it said Kerry’s room for expansion in emerging markets provides positive options.
As for mergers and acquisitions, UBS suggests that Kerry is well positioned to be a “key consolidator” in the industry.
UBS upgraded Kerry’s price target to ¤100 from ¤78. Currently trading above the ¤92 mark, the company’s share price is up by 36.3 per cent since the beginning of this year.


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Accumulated investment of nearly 20 billion yuan a year, the era of robots to fully replace manual labor is approaching?2021-10-25 17:14:27
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Today, we'll delve into the current state of development in the Chinese robotics industry.
Automation in the global robotics market represents a nearly trillion-dollar opportunity. According to iiMedia Research, global spending on robot process automation continuously increased from 2016 to 2023, reaching $4 billion in 2020. The industry is expected to maintain growth, with projected global spending on robot automation reaching $10.4 billion in 2023.
China's market, seen as a promising gap in this significant opportunity, is gaining attention. A 2021 report on the development of the Chinese robotics industry forecasts a market size of ¥83.9 billion ($13 billion) in 2021, with the industrial robotics market alone reaching ¥44.57 billion ($7 billion).
Industrial robots are considered crucial hardware for reshaping future production and manufacturing in the coming decade. Despite the historical reliance on a labor surplus, the demand for automation is increasing among Chinese enterprises. The shift is driven by the desire to reduce labor costs and maintain efficient production lines, leading to higher returns on investment (ROI).
In 2020, China's robotics industry surpassed ¥100 billion ($15.6 billion) for the first time, with over 300,000 related enterprises nationwide. China's industrial robot market has maintained its global dominance for eight consecutive years, contributing to nearly half of the global installed capacity in 2020.
As of 2021, the capital enthusiasm for industrial robots remains strong, with over 70 financing events and a cumulative funding amount exceeding ¥18.2 billion ($2.8 billion). Notably, 2021 saw peaks in funding events in January, April, and September, with January recording the highest funding amount at over ¥56 billion ($8.7 billion).
Amid the 14th Five-Year Plan, the implementation of the "Make China Strong in Manufacturing" strategy has placed China's industrial automation in a favorable policy environment, presenting unprecedented development opportunities. Favorable policies related to intelligent manufacturing have been introduced, and there are ongoing efforts to establish China as a global hub for robot technology innovation and integration.
With these policy tailwinds, China's industrial robotics sector is entering a period of accelerated growth. In 2020, which was pivotal for the development of Chinese industrial robots, the number of new robotics-related enterprises reached 69,800, the highest in nearly a decade. Facing challenges like an aging population, labor shortages, rising labor costs, and increased precision requirements, Chinese enterprises actively sought automation solutions.
Finally, in 2020, industrial robots began to be widely applied. Facing challenges such as an aging workforce, factory labor shortages, rising labor costs, and increased precision requirements, Chinese enterprises actively sought automation solutions.
In conclusion, the industrial robotics sector in China is experiencing a boom, supported by favorable policies, increasing awareness of the benefits of automation, and continuous capital injection. As China aims to strengthen its position in intelligent manufacturing, the industrial robotics market is expected to remain vibrant in the coming years.
Data sources: IT Orange, Shiye Shuke, Whale Tern, and other data analysis platforms.
As of October 2021, the number and amount of financing events in the industrial robotics sector for the year have already exceeded the total for the entire year of 2020. The number of financing events has grown by 7% compared to 2020, while the total financing amount has increased by 35.2%.
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Guardian UK: “Books are props, just like you buy a little objet – Interior designer Miles de Lange” – “There may be two kinds of bookcase owners: those who own more books than they can accommodate, cramming tomes into every crevice – and those who dot their shelves with artfully placed stacks, and have space to burn on potted plants and framed photos. And then there’s Ashley Tisdale, whose bookshelves are just empty. The High School Musical star recently went viral for admitting to Architectural Digest that she had rushed to fill the in-built shelves in her Hollywood Hills home specifically for an on-camera tour. “These bookshelves, I have to be honest, actually did not have books in [them] a couple of days ago,” Tisdale said. “I had my husband go to a bookstore, like, ‘You need to get 400 books.’” (Her husband’s alternative plan, of “collecting books over time, and putting them in the shelves”, Tisdale promptly dismissed.)..
But it turns out the bookshelf bulk-buy is standard practice among the rich and famous – and increasingly so, since books have become established as an erudite backdrop for Zoom…”


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PS Logistics fulfills its company vision with WorkHound
VP of Enterprise Capacity Development
In 2004, PS Logistics founders Robbie Pike and Scott Smith had a vision. The company’s leaders believed their success would start with their workforce. “They had about 20 trucks and they said, ‘You know, I think if we treat our drivers well that they will really be our sales force,” explained PS Logistics Vice President of Enterprise Capacity Development, Kim Daigle. “And turns out they were right.”
The company has grown tremendously since those early days. Today, PS Logistics includes 28 companies that deliver proactive transportation and logistics solutions across the nation, supporting a network of nearly 5,000 drivers.
We recently sat down to talk with Kim and PS Logistics Retention Manager Ashley Cunningham to hear how WorkHound has helped their family of companies cultivate a healthy company culture and address turnover.
As the PS Logistics enterprise grew, it became harder to maintain direct communication with such a large fleet of drivers. “As we grew, we realized that there started to be more of a disconnect between the business and the individual drivers,” said Kim. That’s when they turned to WorkHound. “We were really just trying to solve that problem, ensuring that we were getting timely and actionable information from the drivers so we can make their jobs easier and make their lives better.” The initial effort started with P&S Transportation, one the country’s fastest-growing flatbed truckload transportation and logistics providers.
In early 2020, P&S Transportation, like many providers in the industry, was grappling with its driver turnover rate. Ashley Cunningham was appointed to the pivotal role of Retention Manager to address the turnover challenges, which were contributing to an overall rate of about 85%.
Working closely with WorkHound, P&S rolled out the platform to drivers, giving them an opportunity to anonymously raise concerns, ask questions, and engage with leaders. With new insights in hand, Ashley and her team got to work, answering questions about policies, navigating pay issues, and working with leaders to solve workplace problems before they escalated. The program made significant progress to turnover rates almost immediately.
“We were able, within the first year, through WorkHound’s help, to get it reduced to under 60%,” explained Ashley. “By the end of 2021, we were able to get it reduced to right at 50%.”
And she didn’t stop there. By late 2023, the team’s retention strategy had improved rates even more, with turnover dropping to 32%.
“We were really just trying to solve that problem, ensuring that we were getting timely and actionable information from the drivers so we can make their jobs easier and make their lives better.”
Kim Daigle VP of Enterprise Capacity Development
Over the last three years, Ashley has become a key advocate for the PS Logistics workforce, leveraging WorkHound along the way. Since its flagship success with P&S Transportation, PS Logistics has since rolled out WorkHound across 7 more of its companies, including DT Freight, DMT Trucking, Southeast Logistics, Loudon/Purdy, Shelton Trucking, Diamond State, and Blair, supporting nearly 5,000 of its drivers.
Since 2016, PS Logistics has successfully acquired 28 trucking and brokerage operations. With such extensive growth, smooth integration is a key component of their acquisition strategy. For the first few months after onboarding drivers following an acquisition, new drivers don’t use WorkHound, but they’re educated on what it’s all about, which helps build excitement.
“The drivers come in during orientation, and I go over there every Tuesday to speak to them about why we have WorkHound, the pros of it, and how it helps and how it’s been helping,” she explains. “I speak to them about the changes that we have made because of this program. It just gets drivers excited about it.”
Ashley not only consistently provides a channel for feedback, but she also diligently puts it into action. “I tell the drivers: I’m an advocate for you. If you have feedback and this is your concern, then I’m pushing it. Just as hard as you’re talking about it…I can hound these people about this particular subject, so we can make sure that something gets done. I take it all and go to the C-Suite with it.”
Since its flagship success with P&S Transportation, PS Logistics has since rolled out WorkHound across 7 more of its companies, including DT Freight, DMT Trucking, Southeast Logistics, Loudon/Purdy, Shelton Trucking, Diamond State, and Blair, supporting nearly 5,000 of its drivers.
In her role, Ashley has been able to initiate a number of solutions that have instrumentally improved workforce relations and company culture. Using direct driver feedback collected through WorkHound to spearhead the cause, she and her teams have worked to improve tarp pay and breakdown pay, establish holiday pay policies, and initiate 401(k) matching.
There have been changes beyond payroll and benefits too. “Drivers were saying that they didn’t have enough storage on the truck. So we started purchasing trucks that had passenger side storage,” Ashley tells us. Another example: Multiple drivers expressed concerns about issues with trailers during pick-ups and drop-offs causing excessive waiting times while the driver’s clock continued to run. In response, they created a form to initiate maintenance without penalizing drivers.
In addition to tangible workplace changes, Kim Daigle noted that WorkHound has helped create a renewed sense of trust between drivers and leaders. Among the reasons for their success, Kim credits their commitment to responding positively, no matter what kind of feedback is delivered. “You have to be very, very cognizant of your reaction to their feedback, making sure that you’re receiving it in a positive way,” she said. “That builds that trust.”
She also says that, unlike traditional surveys, WorkHound allows leaders to make real-time improvements and help drivers in the moment. “I love the immediacy of it, and the actionability. We’ve always had a lot of surveys… but I couldn’t take that and make it into something that I was able to put into action,” Kim explained. “With WorkHound, we have been able to use it to make a case to the business to make big improvements. But also — sometimes, even more importantly — being able to help that driver who’s sitting in his truck right now and frustrated.”
From its inception, the PS Logistics family of companies has prided itself on prioritizing relationships with its drivers. With WorkHound, they’ve been able to faithfully uphold those values, building better relationships that improve both operations and the workers’ experience.
“WorkHound uses technology to get a better relationship with a person,” says Kim. “And I think that is the best use of technology that there is.”
With WorkHound’s help, the PS Logistics team identified and addressed several key issues affecting drivers, helping leaders create new and improved company policies, drive trust between leaders and the workforce, and ultimately improve driver retention.
Improved Pay & Benefits
PS Logistics has worked to improve tarp pay and breakdown pay, establish holiday pay policies, and initiate 401(k) matching.
WorkHound has helped PS Logistics leaders build better relationships that improve both operations and the workers’ experience.
With a high-functioning feedback loop, PS Logistics was able to solve problems for drivers, reducing turnover by over 50%.
"WorkHound uses technology to get a better relationship with a person,” says Kim. “And I think that is the best use of technology that there is."


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Brown & Brown Inc. BRO, -0.08% said on Wednesday that its board has increased the quarterly dividend by 25% to 10 cents from 8 cents a share. The dividend is payable Nov. 16 to shareholders of record as of Nov. 2. The board also approved a 2-for-1 stock split to be effected as a 100% stock dividend, with shares to be distributed Nov. 28 to shareholders of record as of Nov. 2. Additionally, the board approved the termination of the company's shareholder rights plan, referred to as a "poison pill." The board concluded that the plan was not needed at this time, particularly in light of the trend towards more shareholder-focused corporate governance practices. The decision was not made based on any anticipated business transaction, the company said.
Brown & Brown board OKs dividend hike; 2-for-1 stock split


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Originally published on http://www.stuff.co.nz on March 9, 2017, by Gerard Hutching
“To be third ranking in terms of value in the world’s largest wine market is outstanding, especially given New Zealand produces less than 1 per cent of the world’s wine.” –Philip Gregan, CEO of New Zealand Winegrowers
Just behind Italy and France, New Zealand has quickly become a top player in the wine import sector for the United States. Find out more about New Zealand’s wine industry and its exports to over 90 countries.
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Consumers, especially young people, prefer eating healthier after COVID-19 pandemic. -- Photo Courtesy Vero
HCM CITY — Clearly sharing the sources of raw materials is among the best ways for food and beverage brands to build more trust with customers as eating habits have significantly changed amid the COVID-19 pandemic, experts said.
"Given the general development trend of the food and beverage (F&B) industry, there are two key factors that receive a lot of attention: processing and ingredients. Business owners can share the source of raw materials that they use for a product. This is one of the ways brands can build more trust with customers," said Vũ Tiến Long, chief growth officer, Kamereo.
Việt Nam is among the fastest growing countries in Asia in terms of food expenditure. With GDP expected to start to grow sharply, the F&B industry will have a lot of room for growth.
However, there is also a lot of competition as more and more international brands are now starting to come to the country to research and launch their products.
Furthermore, eating habits have significantly changed after a long period of social distancing. Therefore, brands need to take wise steps to better serve the needs of their consumers, as well as maintain their positions in the market.
For many Vietnamese consumers, the nutritional value and health benefits of food and beverages are the most important factors when choosing a product.
A report entitled Helping Brands Tap into Việt Nam’s Changing Eating Habits, which was recently released by Vero and Decision Lab, found that more than 60 per cent of consumers choose healthy eating for better mental health.
Across Việt Nam, the report said, mental health is an issue and a trend that started even before the pandemic. Nearly 15 per cent of Việt Nam's population suffers from depression or anxiety disorders, with a growing number of cases in young people.
In 2021, Việt Nam was hit with one of the strictest lockdowns in the world. From June to September residents were told explicitly to stay at home. From 2020 to 2021, “loneliness” had one of the highest search term increases on Google, with “weight gain” as the concern that received the biggest search volume.
Stemming from the pandemic, consumers have understood that eating healthily also brings crucial benefits, in addition to keeping the body fit and healthy. Many studies have shown that food can help improve mood and wellness in general. This movement is on the rise, and has become a trend or buzz-topic among consumers.
About 64.3 per cent of Gen Z and 71.6 per cent of Gen Y responded that the main reason for them to choose eating healthier is because of the long-term health benefits. In addition, more than 60 per cent of consumers from both generations agree that mental health is also one of the great motivations for them to change their eating habits.
The pandemic has accelerated the use of vitamins, making them an important part of lifestyles and daily routines.
According to the report, more than 50 per cent of Vietnamese consumers search for information about healthy eating through social media.
Authority figures and experts are no longer the only trusted source for customers. Social media, friends and families, and influencers are increasingly becoming trusted authorities for consumers to seek out information about healthy eating.
“We’ve noticed that consumers are more open to trying new brands, stating sustainability, quality, or experience as the reason for this,” said strategic planner Vero, Phạm Hoài Anh. As the health and wellness movement grows in Việt Nam, consumers are gaining more knowledge about how to lead a healthier lifestyle.
There are many ways that brands can go further in producing products that support healthy lifestyles or adding more value to consumers' daily and casual meals. Helping consumers make better choices when it comes to what they eat, how they exercise, and how they cook will be key to developing strong authentic relationships. — VNS


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Second-hand graphics cards are now flooding the Chinese market
Chinese crackdown on cryptomining is now the main cause for a large number of graphics cards being sold on the Chinese web.
Gamers should be delighted to hear that GeForce RTX 30 graphics cards are now available for sale at very good prices, only they are not new and probably shouldn’t be bought in the first place. Last month’s China’s crackdown on bitcoin has forced many mining farms to relocate from the Sichuan region where the ban was imposed or, if that was not possible, to quickly sell their equipment. GPU prices are in decline for at least two months, which means the sooner they sell those cards the more money they save.
Some examples of GeForce RTX 30 cards going on flash sale have been put together by The Block. Flash sales of a large batch of GeForce RTX 3060 cards can be seen with prices ranging from 2,200 yuan to 2,899 yuan (respectively 336 USD/450 USD). According to The Block, the seller has further reduced the price to 1,760 yuans (270 USD) after potential buyers offered much less.
Another seller has been trying to sell all gaming laptops that were purchased with the sole purpose of using their discrete GPUs for mining. An RTX 3060 equipped gaming laptop can be found for around 1000 USD, which is not really that good price anymore.
A week prior to this flash sale miners were trying to graphics cards in bulk, often without even removing them from mining rigs. The prices have since then been gradually going down.
Buying a second-hand GPU these days can be a gamble. There are many miners who are now trying to quickly sell their cards before the GPU prices decline even further. It is worth remembering that GPUs which were used for mining were operated way more extensively than their typical use. A 24/7 operation with fans often spinning at their full potential and overclocked memory can only cause issues in the future. We encourage our readers to be cautious when looking for a second-hand GPU. Gamers should pay attention to the lack of warranty, packaging, or unremoved display connector caps.


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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Copa Airlines and Copa Airlines Columbia (Copa Holdings) has expanded its sales network through Discover the World Marketing as its general sales agent in Austria, Belgium, Finland, India and Russia effective immediately.
“We helped Copa Airlines expand their services in many countries such as Australia, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, Monaco, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland,” said Jenny Adams, CEO of Discover the World Marketing. “It’s our results and excellent customer service that helped secured this new representation in five additional countries for us. We know Copa Holdings is expecting the same outcome in these new markets.”
“Copa Airlines has experienced continuous growth and a leadership position in Latin America during the last several years,” said Joe Mohan, Commercial and Planning Vice President for Copa Airlines. “By the end of 2012, Copa will provide service to 59 destinations in 28 countries. With the Discover the World Marketing representation, we know we will expand even more assuring us a world class service.”